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American hero : the true story of Tommy Hitchcock : sports star, war hero, and champion of the war-winning P-51 Mustang / / Nelson W. Aldrich, Jr. ; prologue and epilogue by Richard L. Jackson



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Autore: Aldrich Nelson W. Visualizza persona
Titolo: American hero : the true story of Tommy Hitchcock : sports star, war hero, and champion of the war-winning P-51 Mustang / / Nelson W. Aldrich, Jr. ; prologue and epilogue by Richard L. Jackson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Guildford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , 2016
©2016
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (373 p.)
Disciplina: 940.5481092
Soggetto topico: Polo players - United States
Bankers - United States
World War, 1914-1918 - Air pilots, Military
World War, 1939-1945 - Air pilots, Military
Mustang (Fighter plane) - Merlin engines - Design and construction - History
Persona (resp. second.): JacksonRichard L.
Note generali: Includes index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Introduction; Chapter One. Aiken, Westbury, and St. Paul's School, 1900-1917; Chapter Two. France, 1917-1918; Chapter Three. Germany, 1918; Chapter Four. Freedom, 1918-1922; Chapter Five. New York, 1922-1927; Chapter Six. Courtship and Marriage, 1927-1929; Chapter Seven. The Thirties; Chapter Eight. Washington and London, 1940-1944; Epilogue: Tommy Hitchcock's Role in the Battle of the Atlantic; Appendix: Memories of a Hero; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Tommy Hitchcock: An American Hero intertwines the private lives of Tommy Hitchcock, an enormously wealthy socialite, and such notables as Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Averell Harriman, Ambassador to England Gil Winant, FDR, and General Hap Arnold, commander of the U.S. Army Air Forces during WWII. Tommy also flew for the Lafayette Escadrille during the Great War, getting shot down by the Germans and then escaping to Switzerland. A true hero, during WWII he reenlisted and successfully cajoled the Army Air Forces into adopting the P-51 as a high-altitude fighter escort, thereby saving the lives o
Titolo autorizzato: American hero  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4930-2288-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910816628603321
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